Sentences with phrase «by splashier»

In a fall season dominated by splashier productions, This Is Our Youth, like Straub himself, has been somewhat neglected and undervalued, but it deserves to be seen, especially for Cera's disarming performance.

Fox Searchlight, having been burned by its splashy deals for «Patti Cake $» and «The Birth of a Nation,» is stepping back from the acquisitions game.

Today's Vegas is no longer defined only by splashy casino - side restaurants — though there are still plenty of those, a few of them actually worth the exorbitant price tag.

But if you're unmoved by splashy viscera, it's an uninspired experience.

A graphic punch of black in the quartet of retro Tulip chairs is emphasized by the splashy artwork.

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There are fewer new shows now (30 in an average season, down by half since 1970), but they're a lot splashier.

If Leon's wants to turn young skeptics into believers, it might actually do better by playing up its splashy sales and friendly financing reputation.

There were reports that Mike Bloomberg didn't like the splashy look of the last redesign, by now - former employee Josh Topolsky, and questioned the need for having the site at all.

Jackson Pollock, for instance, used drums of World War II surplus paints for his splashiest effects, and he often added texture by mixing in things such as cigarette butts.

It's time to say goodbye to frizzy hair, wet feet and damp clothes by opting for these functional and fashionable pieces that will have you singing in the rain one splashy step at a time.

It was a splashy, timely entrance (the revolutionary group that shares his name officially formed that same year), and by the end of his first escapade, the Four had assured T'Challa «there's no reason for the Black Panther's career to come to an end!»

Beast was one of several splashy rights acquisitions at the Toronto fest by 30WEST, the new outfit co-founded by Dan Friedkin and Micah Green.

Kingsman is satire, poking fun at dark, dour Bond and grey Cold War stories by being the opposite — colorful, bright, splashy - flashy and gleefully violent.

French filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius loves movies, as shown by his Oscar - winning ode to the silent era, «The Artist,» and the affectionately»60s - splashy «OSS - 117» adventures.

In fact if the splashy and self - consciously sensationalist promotional material so far is anything to go by, his Dom seems like the kind of loudmouth cockney wideboy who'd be a supporting character elsewhere, but has been given his own movie here.

The splashiest films at T.I.F.F. largely came from directors with minimal Oscar race experience, among them Call Me by Your Name's Luca Guadagnino, The Florida Project's Sean Baker, The Shape of Water's Guillermo del Toro (a previous nominee for his Pan's Labyrinth screenplay), and most thrillingly, two young actors - turned - directors: Lady Bird's Greta Gerwig, and The Disaster Artist's James Franco (a best - actor nominee for 127 Hours).

They're clearly outside the plot, yet they're by no means absent, either physically or morally — and their noble function is underscored by the contrast between the splashy colors of their apparel and the green rot of the military uniforms.

In 2013, the Hollywood supernova will release Gravity, a splashy, if heady, 3D sci - fi flick co-starring Sandra Bullock and directed by Alfonso Cuaron, about a couple stranded in space.

Until the time is right for Rachel to face the issue head - on — that is, the third act home stretch — Nakata and Kruger buy time by introducing a nominal male lead (Simon Baker) even more bland and useless than the original's Martin Henderson, enlisting recognizable faces such as Elizabeth Perkins and Sissy Spacek to do showy cameo turns, and — above all else — throwing in a lot of literally splashy water effects.

The latest nostalgia trap to get a nerd baptism (an AICN - sponsored reunion screening at Austin's Alamo Drafthouse is more or less single - handedly responsible for the picture's splashy DVD release), it's at least better than the movie to which it's most often compared, the Steven Spielberg - produced The Goonies, if only because it's a good half - hour shorter and, by extension, comparatively unpretentious.

A highly unconventional romance that came on the spike heels of Almodóvar's international sensation Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, this is a splashy, sexy central work in the career of one of the world's most beloved and provocative auteurs, radiantly shot by the director's great cinematographer, José Luis Alcaine.

The films of Nicholas Ray, more than any other contemporary American director's, were singled out by the up - and - coming Cahiers du Cinéma crowd (on the cusp of their own splashy Nouvelle Vague) as justification for their politique des auteurs — more a personal stance on critical practice than dogmatic superstructure, and long since codified and ossified by academic film criticism into hierarchy - happy «auteur theory.»

There was so much going on, and this year's conference included a whole track of workshops to meet the needs of self - publishing authors, a trade show for purveyors of services related to self - publishing, and a splashy meet - greet - eat evening reception hosted by Amazon.

The broad themes and splashy visuals often associated with comics might seem innately at odds with the intimate, personal discussions engendered in book clubs, so the challenge for the format is to prove it can fulfill the specific needs of the diversifying book - group market by promoting discussion and fostering social opportunity.

And Amazon (AMZN) all but admitted to underwhelming sales by drastically cutting the Fire's price from $ 200 to 99 cents just one month after unveiling the device at a splashy press conference in Seattle.

One splashy series of note that is available: The first three books in the bestselling eight - book series Diary of a Wimpy Kid, published by Abrams.

In a part of the country once known mainly by intrepid surfers for its waves, the splashy new boutique hotel Le Caméléon is changing the scene.

Today we're excited to reveal vivid, gorgeous new artwork by Udon Entertainment showcasing the splashy colors of Mega Man Legacy Collection 2.

Naturally, their splashy hardware launch will be joined by an equally impressive slate of new software including Batman: Arkham VR, DriveClub VR, Rez Infinite, and RIGS: Mechanized Combat League.

Battles are a hands - off auto - pilot formality 95 % of the time, flashing by in real time with a maximum of splashy effects onscreen, as colorful, pointless, and epilepsy inducing as a Pokemon cartoon.

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It was about time for a shift in the Houston painter's work, which for the past several years has been characterized by cartoonish figurative elements duking it out with a whirling array of abstract elements from hard - edged to splashy.

-- what are we to make of the white, phallic shape on the left side of painting, pointing down and topped by a large, violent, splashy red brushstroke?

Multigallery exhibits tend to assume center stage in an art world consumed by an insatiable appetite for ambitious installations and splashy statements.

At The Armory, things were a bit more lively, and included a splashy, cherry red canvas by John Zurier and a roughly hewn sculpture by Esther Klà $ s, among works by several others.

An early red and green splashy abstract Micropainting by John Baldessari, who is now known as a pioneer of Conceptual art; an bold yellow abstract painting called Lucky U, after a Mexican restaurant where a beer cost 10 cents, is by Robert Irwin, now known for his work with light.

Until the last years of his life, Willem de Kooning's painterly gesture became, by fits and starts, ever more splashy and uninhibited.

Heather Phillipson, Splashy Phasings, HD video, co-commissioned by Random Acts / Channel 4, Northern Film & Media and BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, 2013.

Pan explores nature diversity by pairing splashy, exuberant works with compositions of seductive, floating forms, such as in Ebb Tide with its drizzles of paint and charcoal.

The splashiest case to come before the panel in recent years involved the estate of blue - chip art dealer Ileana Sonnabend, whose résumé included shows by such cornerstone figures as pop prince Andy Warhol, minimalist mage Donald Judd, performance pioneer Vito Acconci and globally diversified corporate entity Koons.

Beginning in the 1960s, Mr. Davis started to turbocharge the splashy stains and drips of Abstract Expressionism by combining its worn aesthetic with the new plastic - fantastic modes of production of the time.

Turmoil in the country's stock market and the continuing effects of the government's anticorruption campaign, which has reined in splashy spending, have caused the total Chinese art market to contract by 30 percent in the first half of this year to $ 1.5 billion, according to ArtNet, an art - market information company.

Nonetheless the media attention drawn by the Ofili case has proved deeply embarrassing to the Tate, which has acquired a particularly high profile in the British art world since the splashy opening of Tate Modern in a converted power station on the south bank of the Thames in 2000.

Alongside the familiar outrages in «Sensation», Saatchi showed the huge, splashy paintings of female nudes by 37 - year - old Jenny Saville, and has taken to buying the photo - realist landscapes of 26 - year - old Rosie Snell.

By contrast, Francis seemed to be only too willing to crank out an endless number of splashy works in Pollock's debt, but never attain anything near his level of greatness.

[The exhibition was] composed entirely of abstract work made by painters who were born too late to be Pop artists or hard - core minimalists, and who then tried to take the medium to less structured and splashy, more intuitive and experimental shores.

The National Gallery of Art has loaned the family at least five works this year, including «Numerals, 0 through 9,» a lead relief sculpture by Jasper Johns, «Berkeley No. 52,» a splashy large - scale painting by Richard Diebenkorn, and a blood - red Edward Ruscha canvas featuring the words, «I think maybe I'll...,» fitting for a president known for lengthy bouts of contemplation.

It's composed entirely of abstract work made by painters who were born too late to be Pop artists or hard - core Minimalists, and who then tried to take the medium to less structured and splashy, more intuitive and experimental shores.

The first quarter is almost over, and despite Dropbox's splashy debut on the public market earlier today, it was preceded by just two other U.S. tech companies to IPO in 2018: Cardlytics and Zscaler.

When London - based data firm Cambridge Analytica burst onto the U.S. political scene last year by signing on with Ted Cruz's presidential campaign, it was only a matter of time before the firm made an equally splashy move on the corporate stage.